To be free from incessant thinking is to be truly liberated. If we did not have a running commentary of judgment regarding how life is, was or should be, we would all of us be quite happy and content with our lot. For it is only our thoughts that have the power to firstly affect us and secondly affect effect aka physical world, causing us to rise in judgment time and time again. We literally live our words, whether they are true or not. True as in originating from Spirit. Untrue as in originating from a mind cut off from its true Self as Cause/Spirit.
Paradoxically to those of us who believe in empirical evidence, a large portion of our mental and physical reality is a lie. It is a lie as our reality known as the physical world was and is being created by billions of minds/bodies that do not know their true & eternal Self beyond the temporary effects of form. This means the mind is creating life on its own without Spiritual intelligence or vision. This is in principle akin to the body living life without the guidance of mind. Imagine the mess a body would create with no mind there to guide it. The outcome would be insane, wouldn't it? I mean we are talking zombie apocalypse stuff right, which is fundamentally impossible, yet not so impossible when we consider the mind creating life while ignorant of itself Spiritually. The enlightened intelligence flowing through the mind from the Unmanifest Cause of all (Spirit) is being filtered through a mind unconscious of its existence.
Therefore, with the mind/body creating life, while cut off from its Source, everything it creates is going to be - quite frankly - somewhat insane, limited, and dualistic. For example, this is evidenced in today's world where half the world is dying of obesity while the other half die of starvation. This is not sanity, even if normalized. It is insane to take another person's life because of their skin colour, creed, gender, or age and yet, this sort of behaviour is widely demonstrated in our 'apparently sane and civilized' history - including today! It is not sane to create weapons that will destroy the whole planet and everything on it yet we do and have. They are a constant threat in today's world, where one country and neighbour stands against another. This is not sane.
Mankind invented the atomic bomb, but no mouse would ever construct a mousetrap - Albert Einstein.
If someone does something criminal in today's world, they cannot be tried if found insane. There are still consequences of course, as the public must be kept safe, however the consequences are of rehabilitation rather than punishment. This is because in today's world, as a whole we have recently acquired understanding and compassion for the mentally ill knowing their behaviour is not done out of true intent and/or malice but illness. They know not what they are doing.
Then Jesus said, “Father, forgive them, they know not what they do.* They divided his garments by casting lots - Luke 23:34
It light of this understanding, it is true then to assert that lot of what we think is true as reality - what is real in our physical life is actually a lie. A lie created by an insane mind cut off from its Truth like a branch from the vine. There is no truth in sickness and disease. They are only physical manifestations in this world due to the mind creating its own life, due to being ignorant of itself Spiritually. The mind was never built to create life but to reveal life from and as Spirit. If the physical world came into being through a mind cut off from itself Spiritually then this is known as false, testimony. It is bearing false witness for the witness is false. It is creating life from itself, rather than its master which is thy true and eternal Self as Cause - as Spirit (I) being Soul (Am).
Once incessant thinking/feeling has ceased the truth of one's being behind them is revealed. Consider the mind a lake that reflects the heavens. If the lake has been stirred up and is muddy it will only reflect its state of being. If it is still and tranquil it reflects the state of all Being. The mind is similar. It must hold a profoundly relaxed and quiescent state of Being if it is to live fully, rather than half a life.
The rise of Mind aka 'taken thought' is like a sleeping pill to consciousness. So long as the conscious mind is rising in thought it cannot expand in awareness of its 'Self'. Itself being the moment which of course is synonymous with Self. Thought contains and limits the free and unlimited expanse of consciousness by holding its presence within itself, in a hypnotic like fashion that blinds us to the reality of being, to our Awareness, to our Soul. The mind will tell us that we are not Spirit for existence can only be equated with form. If it does not have form, then it simply does not exist to the mind. You can see why you do not want something so fundamentally myopic creating life.
The only way to stop 'thinking' is to focus or keep thought in a singular state of Conscious (I) awareness (Am) called meditation. Consciousness focuses on and as Awareness. In other words, Awareness ceases the act of thinking by holding itself as one continuous thought. One's Consciousness as Mind holds fast to one's Awareness (Soul) until they become One. The One channel that receives intuitive guidance from the true Unmanifest Self via intuition.
After receiving inspiration or intuitive information, one can then 'think' if need be, turning knowing into knowledge which creates a blueprint the Subconscious to manifest in the physical. The process of turning knowing into knowledge is rather fast and detracts little from one's beingness. However, if your Consciousness/Presence of being is lost in the act of thinking, when intuition arrives you will be absent, therefore, unaware in the present moment to receive it.
Surrender the thinking mind to the Spirit/Soul of the moment - to life itself. Life that is always in all ways NOW. Let life take care of its 'Self'. Let Spirit guide the mind. Do not let mind guide itself for it will lead you astray and away from your truth. Let Life unfold in whatever manner it chooses. You never, as a mind cut off from its Source, had control anyway. You just thought you did. You do not have to think yourself to death just to be safe and happy in this world. Let your mind rest in the peace of NOW. Right now, there is nothing to create, just the revelation of creation itself. This is because Spirit/Cause predetermines Effect/Mind-body life before the first breath is breathed. Therefore, let your Spiritual life unfold through the mind that reveals one's fate, one's life, when one is Consciousness (Spirit) is married to one's Awareness (Soul).
~ Tracy Pierce
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